About 200 people in Bangladesh reportedly smashed windows at two electrical stations after a power failure cut off the telecast of the U.S.-Switzerland game. Two Bangladesh power plant employees were said to be injured in a separate attack by fans angered by an electrical outage. * "Keep the TV down low," the People's Daily in China said in a front-page commentary. "When you see a great goal, keep your emotions under control. Don't shout loudly or applaud.

I was confused by Jerry Haines' article "Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful on a Low-Cost Airline Pass to Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Taiwan" (Jan. 12). Haines and his wife spent $6,300 on about four weeks in Asia. His trip was hardly low cost. Because he couldn't meet the air pass travel window, he and his wife paid almost $1,000 each (not including all taxes) for the air pass, which essentially got them extra flights to Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, Malaysia; and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Bowing to international pressure, Myanmar's military rulers let democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet with a United Nations representative today for the first time since she was attacked and detained May 30. Suu Kyi, who witnesses said was injured during the ambush of her motorcade, met for an hour at military headquarters with United Nations special envoy Razali Ismail, who had been attempting to see her for the past five days.

It won't be fully open for months, but the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is already getting rapturous reviews. The "grand deluxe" villas with plunge pool (about $1,000 a night) are "some of the most lavish resort accommodations we have ever encountered," Andrew Harper wrote last month in his well-regarded Hideaway Report, a newsletter for high-end travelers. Introductory rates for more modest units start at $295 through Sept. 30; regular rates begin at $495.